Father Boyle was appointed Pastor of Dolores Mission Church in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1986 where he served through 1992. He founded in 1988 Homeboy Industries and it is now the largest gang intervention, rehab, and re-entry program in the United States. Father Boyle is the author of the New York Times Bestselling book, “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.”